Eric from "That 70s Show" as venom? That just pissed me off, maybe i'm just to simple. All I could picture is some gangly awkward teen trying to be one of spiderman's most badass nemesis'. They would have been better off with Vin Diesel (who annoys me to no end) IMO.

Everything I have seen of X-men First class looks great. I was hating on this movie up until the longer trailer.

Yeah, the new X-Men looks more or less what I would like the genre to evolve to:
Not just exposition of comic book tropes, but more of plot-based drama. Sort of like Nolan's Batman movies - which I just didn't like THAT much because of some plot holes, but are still very entertaining flicks, no question.